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Eid ul Azha – Some Thoughts on Charity – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1118 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1118 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com . Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com   for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Kafeel Ahmed Credit: RDNE Stock Project Preamble As Eid ul Azha approaches, the calls for donating Qurbani to poor and deserving rise from many corners. It is a relatively new trend because if we go back few years, no such call was heard. If I remember correctly, it started after the 2005 earthquake. Anyway, this is not the most important point; important is how we handle charity. Here is my take on it, partly taken from the archive. Charity Charity is a worldwide activity. The causes are many, but everywhere people find a cause good enough to donate. Though we continue to lament about deterioration of morality and social values, charitab...

  CSR for Wrong Reasons – Blog Post #373 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #373. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here .   This post partakes from the article ‘When CSR is Mostly for Show’ by Xiaowei Rose Luo, INSEAD Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, and Danqing Wang, HKUST Business School Assistant Professor of Management . The article was  published on  August 24, 2020 . Xiaowei Rose Luo holds a Ph.D. in sociology with a focus on organisational studies from Stanford University. Professor Luo’s research focuses on how the unique conditions in emerging economies affect corporate strategies and performance, particularly in family firms. [ Quote ] Under pr...

  The Unsung Volunteers – Blog Post #370 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #370. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here .   Life is fast and competitive; only the fittest shall survive. But what about those who are ‘differently-abled’? Surely, life may be harder for them but here and there we find great examples of people taking up the causes of such people and trying to make a difference in the world for those who may face discrimination and marginalization every day. In a struggling country like ours, where governments are unable to guarantee even basic rights of citizens; for less privileged, there is hardly any relief. Hearing Impairment, Hearing Deficit, and Deafness are various stage...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #328 . Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . The title can be interpreted two ways. One, that we are down with lockdown; two, as a protest slogan against lockdown. Both interpretations are reflective of our current situation, but first with the first day of ‘smart/soft lockdown’ which was Monday 11 th May. I have heard that as soon as the branded garments stores and markets opened on Monday morning, the customers queued up in large numbers for Eid Shopping apparently. The parking spaces filled up and the nearby roads got choked and small and large shops were full of customers, men, women and children. All newspapers carried the story and pictures next day along with...

Ramadan – the Social Aspect – Blog Post #321 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #321 . Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Ramadan Kareem The holy Ramadan of 1441AH has just started. I pray that Allah Protects all of us from the current threat of COVID19, and Allah Gives us ‘taufeeq’ to fast in its true spirit, clean our souls from the dust of sins and wrongdoings, and make amends to become better persons. Aameen. I shall not talk about the religious aspects of Ramadan; I am not qualified to do so. I would rather talk about the social aspects and would like to take you down memory lane to the old times. Ramadan has been a special part of our social landscape for hundreds of ye...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #301. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Charity is a worldwide activity. The causes are many, but everywhere people find a cause good enough to donate. Though we continue to lament about deterioration of morality and social values, charitable donations have been increasing every year. The giving by nations is measured and reported internationally. On the index of GCI (Good Countries Index), the countries are rated on the basis of how much they do for the common good of all the people living on the planet. It includes effort for environment and other such measures to make the world a better place to live. The ...